Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ethtool: Allow parsing ETHER_FLOW types when using flow_rule

[Pablo Neira Ayuso]

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 10:44:03AM +0200, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> When parsing an ethtool_rx_flow_spec, users can specify an ethernet flow
> which could contain matches based on the ethernet header, such as the
> MAC address, the VLAN tag or the ethertype.
> 
> Only the ethtype field is specific to the ether flow, the MAC and vlan
> fields are processed using the special FLOW_EXT and FLOW_MAC_EXT flags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/core/ethtool.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
> index 4d1011b2e24f..01ceba556341 100644
> --- a/net/core/ethtool.c
> +++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
> @@ -2883,6 +2883,18 @@ ethtool_rx_flow_rule_create(const struct ethtool_rx_flow_spec_input *input)
>  	match->mask.basic.n_proto = htons(0xffff);
>  
>  	switch (fs->flow_type & ~(FLOW_EXT | FLOW_MAC_EXT | FLOW_RSS)) {
> +	case ETHER_FLOW: {
> +		const struct ethhdr *ether_spec, *ether_m_spec;
> +
> +		ether_spec = &fs->h_u.ether_spec;
> +		ether_m_spec = &fs->m_u.ether_spec;
> +
> +		if (ether_m_spec->h_proto) {
> +			match->key.basic.n_proto = ether_spec->h_proto;
> +			match->mask.basic.n_proto = ether_m_spec->h_proto;
> +		}

I see some drivers in the tree also interpret the h_source and h_dest
fields?

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/ethtool.c#L1182

Probably good to address this in this patch too?

Thanks.